Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Machinify is a leading healthcare intelligence company with expertise across the payment continuum, delivering unmatched value, transparency, and efficiency to health plan clients across the country. They are seeking a Staff Data Scientist | ML for their 'Pay' team to advance machine learning models and create technical frameworks to improve business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data science work, from problem framing and data exploration to modeling, validation, and production impact
• Drive complex efforts such as vendor leakage detection and prevention, delivering measurable revenue or cost improvements
• Go beyond standard analyses by developing new metrics, models, or workflows when existing approaches fall short
• Design, build, and support production ML or LLM-powered solutions in collaboration with engineering and product partners
• Use SQL fluently to explore large datasets, build reliable data assets, and validate results
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations to align on goals, tradeoffs, and execution plans
• Raise the bar for data science quality, scalability, and impact across the organization through mentorship, design reviews, and technical leadership

Skills

• Proven track record of hands-on data science impact on real-world problems, not just research or dashboards
• Strong proficiency in SQL, with experience working directly on complex, large-scale datasets
• Experience building, shipping, or supporting production ML systems, preferably some exposure to LLM-based products or workflows
• Ability to independently scope ambiguous problems, identify the right data and methods, and drive work to completion
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex analyses and models to non-technical stakeholders

Benefits

• Work from anywhere in the US! Machinify is digital-first.
• Top Medical/Dental/Vision offerings
• FSA/HSA
• Tuition reimbursement
• Competitive salary, 401(k) with company match
• Unlimited PTO
• Additional health and wellness benefits and perks
• Flexible and trusting environment where you’ll feel empowered to do your best work

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